A. General

For all operations on the water Command was in the Hand of the SKL, Naval High Command. The SKL splitted the command authority into two areas:

BALTICS (Baltics up to Skagerrak Mine fields) to Naval Group Command East (Marinegruppenkommando Ost) under the lead of Admiral Rolf Carls.

NORTHSEA including Norway to the Naval Group Command West under the lead of Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter.

For the operations on sea were planned:

Battleship Force for backup of Warship groups 1 and 2
Warship groups 1 to 11
Submarine groups 1 to 9
Landing Group
Tanker Group
Sea transport-Group
 

B. The Units involved

Battleship Force
Lead by Dep. Fleetcommander Vice Admiral Günther Lütjens

Battleship GNEISENAU, KzS Harald Netzbandt
Battleship SCHARNHORST, KzS Kurt Caesar Hoffmann
 

Warship-Group 1
Destination NARVIK, lead by KzS and Commodore Friedrich Bonte (F.d.Z. = Leader of Destroyers)

Destroyer Z 21 (F) WILHELM HEIDKAMP, KK Hans Erdmenger, hosting Commodore Bonte
Destroyer Z 2 GEORG THIELE, KK Max-Ekkart Wolf, hosting Leader of 1. DD-Flotilla FK Fritz Berger
Destroyer Z 9 WOLFGANG ZENKER, FK Gottfried Pönitz
Destroyer Z 11 BERND VON ARNIM, KK Kurt Rechel
Destroyer Z 12 ERICH GIESE, KK Karl Smidt
Destroyer Z 13 ERICH KOELLNER, FK Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs
Destroyer Z 17 DIETHER VON ROEDER, KK Erich Holthof
Destroyer Z 18 HANS LÜDEMANN, KK Herbert Friedrichs, hosting Leader of 3. DD-Flotilla FK H.-J. Gadow
Destroyer Z 19 HERMANN KÜNNE, KK Friedrich Kothe
Destroyer Z 22 ANTON SCHMIDT
 

Warship-Group 2
Destination DRONTHEIM, lead by KzS Hellmuth Heye

Heavy Cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER, KzS Hellmuth Heye
Destroyer Z 5 PAUL JACOBI, KK Hans-Georg Zimmer, hosting Leader of 2. DD-Flotilla FK Rudolf v. Pufendorf
Destroyer Z 6 THEODOR RIEDEL, KK Gerhardt Böhmig
Destroyer Z 8 BRUNO HEINEMANN, KK Hermann Alberts
Destroyer Z 16 FRIEDRICH ECKHOLDT, KK Alfred Schemmel
Hosted by this Group was the Naval Spec.Ops.Group under command of KK Wilhelm Hornack
 

Warship-Group 3
Destination BERGEN, lead by Rear Admiral Hubert Schmundt (B.d.A. = Leader of Scouting Forces)
Light Cruiser KÖLN, KzS Ernst Kratzenberg, flagship of B.d.A
Light Cruiser KÖNIGSBERG, KzS Heinrich Ruhfus
Artillery-Schoolship BREMSE, FK Jakob Förschner
T-Boat LEOPARD, KLt. Hans Trummer
T-Boat WOLF, Olt. Broder Peters, hosting Leader of 6. T-Boat-Fl. KK Hans Marks
1. S-Boatflotilla, S 19, S 21, S 22, S23, S 24, lead by KLt. Heinz Birnbacher
S-Boat-Tender CARL PETERS, KLt. Otto Hinzke
 

Warship-Group 4
Destination KRISTIANSAND and ARENDAL, lead by KzS Friedrich Rieve

Light Cruiser KARLSRUHE, KzS Friedrich Rieve
T-Boat LUCHS, KLt. Karl Kaßbaum, hosting KzS Hans Bütow (F.d.T. = Leader of T-Boats)
T-Boat GREIF, KLt. Wilhelm-Nikolaus Freiherr von Lyncker, hosting KK Wolf Henne, Leader of 5. T-Boat-Fl.)
T-Boat SEEADLER, KLt. Franz Kohlauf
2. S-Boat-Flotilla, S 7, S 8, S 17, S 30, S 31, S 32, S 33,lead by KK Rudolf Petersen
S-Boat-Tender TSINGTAU, KzS Carl Klingner
 

Warship-Group 5
Destination OSLO and Oslo-Inlet, lead by Rear Admiral Oskar Kummetz

Heavy Cruiser BLÜCHER, KzS Heinrich Woldag, Flagship
Heavy Cruiser LÜTZOW ex. DEUTSCHLAND, KzS August Thiele
Light Cruiser EMDEN (III), KzS Werner Lange
T-Boat MÖWE, KLt. Helmut Neuss
T-Boat ALBATROS, KLt. Siegfried Strelow
T-Boat KONDOR, KLt. Hans Wilcke
1. Minesweeper-Fl., R 17, R 18, R 19, R 20, R 21, R 22, R 23, R 24, lead by KLt. Gustav Forstmann
Whale catcher RAU 7 and RAU 8
 

Warship-Group 6
Destination EGERNSUND (Cablestation), lead by KK Kurt Thoma

Minehunter M 1, KK Kurt Thoma, leader of 2 Minehunting-Fl.
2. Minehunting-Fl. M 9, M 2, M 13
 

Warship-Group 7
Destination NYBORG and KORSÖR, lead by KzS Gustav Kleikamp

Schoolship SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, KzS Gustav Kleikamp
School-Fl. of CIC Baltic approaches, consisting out of six Fishingtrawlers, lead by FK Dr. Oskar Dannenberg
Testvessels CLAUS VON BEVERN, PELIKAN, NAUTILUS
Transportsteamer CAMPINAS and CORDOBA assisted by two Tugs
Attached as Vanguard was Minesweepingship MRS 12, KK Carl Bünte
 

Warship-Group 8
Destination COPENHAGEN, lead by KK Wilhelm Schroeder

Minelayer HANSESTADT DANZIG, KK Wilhelms Schroeder
Icebreaker STETTIN
Assistance in the waters of the Belt by 13. Patron-Flotilla, lead by KLt. Dr. Walther Fischer
 

Warship-Group 9
Destination MIDDELFART and Bridge over Belt, lead by KzS Helmut Leißner (F.d.V.O = Leader of Patron Flotillas Baltics)

Steamer RUGARD, Leaderboat of F.d.V.O
Minehunter-Group, Testvessels ARKONA (M 115), OTTO BRAUN (M 129) and M 157, Patrons 102 (CRESSIDA) and 103 (SILVIA), Minesweepers R 6 and R 7, Subhunter 107 and Navytugs PASSAT and MONSUN
 

Warship-Group 10
Destination ESBJERG and NORDBY (Fanö), lead by KzS and Commodore Friedrich Ruge (F.d.M. West = Leader of Minehunters/-sweepers west)

Escortship KÖNIGIN LUISE (F 6), Leaderboat
12. Minehunter-Fl. consisting Large Fishtrawlers M 1201 – M 1208, lead by KK Karl Marguth
in addition as single boats M 4, M 20, M 84 and M 102
2. Minesweeper-Fl., R 25, R 26, R 27, R 28, R 29, R 30, R 31, R 32, lead by KK Gert von Kamptz
 

Warship-Group 11
Destination THYBORÖN (westinlet of Limfjorden), lead by KK Walter Berger

4. Minehunter-Fl., M 134, M 111, M 136, M 61, M 110 and M 89, lead by KK Walter Berger
3. Minesweeper-Fl. R 33, R 34, R 35, R 36, R 37, R 38, R 39 and R 40, lead by KLt. Hagen Küster
R-Boat-Tender VON DER GROEBEN, OLt. Gustav Czycholl
 

Aside from these Warship-Groups, also Schoolship SCHLESIEN was involved.  She served as the backup-force for the Minesweeper working the south of the Belt, after this she assisted SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, which ran aground.

In addtion, in order to secure the supply routes, minefields were set up and later prolonged in the Skagerrak. This was executed by the following ships under the lead of KzS Kurt Böhmer:
Minelayer ROLAND, KK Karl von Kutzleben
Minelayer COBRA, KLt Dr. Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill
Minelayer PREUSSEN, KK Karl Freiherr von der Recke
Minelayer KÖNIGIN LUISE, KLt Kurt Foerster
Minehunters M 10, M 6, M 12 and M 11
 

Uboat-Groups

Group 1
Location NARVIK-HARSTAD-WESTFJORD-VAGSFJORD
U 25, U 46, U 51, U 64 and U 65

Group 2
Location DRONTHEIM-NAMSOS-ROMDALSFJORD
U 30 and U 34

Group 3
Location BERGEN-AALESUND-SHETLANDS
U 9, U 14, U 56, U 60, U 62

Group 4
Location waters around STAVANGER
U 1 and U 4

Group 5
Location east of SHETLANDS-VAGSFJORD-DRONTHEIM
U 37, U 38, U 47, U 48, U 49, U 50, U 52

Group 6
Location PENTLAND-ORKNEYS-SHETLANDS
U 13, U 57, U 58 and U 59

Group 7
Cancelled

Group 8
Location LINDESNES-EGERNSUND
U 2, U 3, U 5, U 6

Group 9
Location SHETLANDS-BERGEN
U 7, U 10 and U 19
 

Without being designated to a Group, U 17, U 23, U 24 and U 61 operated in the waters ORKNEYS-SHETLANDS-BERGEN.

Some Transports to DRONTHEIM were executed by U 26, U 29, U 32, U 43, U 101 and UA.
 

Landing-Group

Destination NARVIK
Steamer BÄRENFELS
Steamer RAUENFELS
Steamer ALSTER

Destination DRONTHEIM
Steamer SAO PAULO
Steamer LEVANTE
Steamer MAIN

Destination STAVANGER
Steamer RODA
 

Tanker-Group

Destination NARVIK
Tanker JAN WELLEM
Tanker KATTEGAT

Destination DRONTHEIM
Tanker SKAGERRAK
Tanker MOONSUND

Destination OSLO
Tanker SENATOR
Tanker EUROLAND

Destination STAVANGER
Tanker DOLLART

Destination BERGER
Tanker BELT

Some of these ships were scheduled in a way that they were present in their destination harbours at the time the Warship-Groups arrived.
 

Transport-Group

First Echelon

Destination OSLO
ANTARES
JONIA
MUANSA
ITAURI
NEIDENFELS

Destination KRISTIANSAND
WIEGAND
WESTSEE
KRETA
AUGUST LEONHARDT

Destination STAVANGER
TÜBINGEN
TIJUCA
MENDOZA

Destination BERGEN
MARIE LEONHARDT
CURITYBA
RIO DE JANEIRO
 

Second Echelon (all to OSLO)

FRIEDENAU
KELLERWALD
HAMM
WIGBERT
ESPANA
ROSARIO
TUCUMAN
HANAU
WOLFRAM
WANDSBEK
SCHARHÖRN
 

1. Kommandierender Admiral östliche Ostsee (BA/MA RM 7/90)
2. KTB M.O.K. Ostsee (BA/MA – M 523/38786)
3. Geh. NTB Nr. 46/1940
4. Geh. NTB 157/1940
5. O.K.M. Skl Qu A II Org (BA/MA-RM 7/160)
6. Geh. OTB 110/1940
7. Geh. NTB 82 v. 23.06.1940
8. Geh. NTB 115/1940
9. Geh. NTB 148/1940
10. Geh. OTB 102/1940

Hipper vs. Glowworm - 8 April 1940

German Forces
Admiral Hipper (damaged)
    Capt. Hellmuth Heye

3flotte
    Cmdr. Hans-Joachim Gadow
Brend von Arnim—Lt.Cmdr. Kurt Rechel
Hans Ludeman—Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Friedrichs

Glowworm (Sunk)
    Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Roope (KIA)

Renown vs. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst - 9 April 1940

German Forces
    Rear Admiral Gunter Lutjens

Gneisenau—Capt. Harald Netzbandt
Scharnhorst—Capt.Kurt Hoffmann

British Forces
    Rear Admiral W.J. Whitworth

Renown

GERMAN FORCES

Task Force “Narvik”

Destroyer Group
    Capt. Friedrich Bonte

Wilhelm Heidkamp (F)—Lt.Cmdr. Hans Erdmenger

1st Flotilla—Cmdr. Friedrich Berger
Georg Thiele (F)—Lt.Cmdr. Max-Eckart Wolff
3rd Flotilla—Cmdr. Hans-Joachim Gadow
Hans Ludeman (F)—Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Friedrichs
Herman Kunne—Lt.Cmdr. Friedrich Kothe
Diether von Roeder—Lt.Cmdr. Erich Holtorf
Anton Schmitt—Lt.Cmdr. Friedrich Bohme

4th Flotilla—Cmdr. Erich Bey
Wolfgang Zenker (F)—Lt.Cmdr. Gottfried Ponitz,
Brend von Arnim—Lt.Cmdr. Kurt Rechel
Erich Giese—Lt.Cmdr. Karl Smidt
Erich Koellner—Cmdr. Alfred Schultze-Hinrichs

Submarines:
U-25
U-46—Cmdr. Sohler
U-51—Cmdr. Knorr
U-64—Cmdr. Wilhelm Scholz
U-65
U-48

Coast Defense Vessels
Norge—Capt. Per Askim
Eidsvold—Capt. Odd Isaksen Willoch
Patrol boats
Michael Sars
Kelt—Lt. Rasmussen
Senja

Submarines:

B-1
B-3

2nd Destroyer Flotilla
Hardy—Capt. Bernard A.W. Warburton-Lee
Hotspur—Lt. Cmdr. H.F.H. Layman
Hostile—Cmdr. J.P. Wright
Havock—Cmdr. Rafe E. Courage
Hunter

Force B
Warspite—Adm. W.Jock Whitworth
Eskimo
Punjabi
Bedouin
Hero
Cossack—Cmdr. R.St.V. Scherbrooke
Icarus
Kimberley
Foxhound

OPERATION JUNO - 8 June 1940

GERMAN FORCES
    Adm. Wilhelm Marschall

Gneisenau—Capt. Harald Netzbandt
Scharnhorst—Capt. Kurt Hoffmann

Reconnaissance Forces
    Rear Admiral Hubert Schmundt
Admiral Hipper—Capt. Hellmuth Heye
Destroyers—Capt. Erich Bey
Hans Lody—Cmdr. Hubert Freiherr von Wangenheim
Hermann Schoemann—Cmdr. Theodor Detmers
Erich Steinbrick—Cmdr. Rolf Johannesson
Karl Galster—Cmdr. Theodor Freiherr von Bechtolsheim

Support Units:
Juniper
Oilpioneer
Atlantis
Orama

Glorious—Capt. G. D’Oyly-Hughes
Acasta—Cmdr. C.F. Glasfurd
Ardent—Cmdr. J.F. Barker